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Hi all . Trivial question . How do I create the copyright symbol when adding my copyright info into the camera ( Canon 60D ) . The symbol isn't on the LCD screen . Thanks in advance

Damo
 
Don't think you can, at least I've never seen it. Most folk just put 'Picture by Joe Bloggs'
 
(c) will suffice!

I have no idea what you are trying to do though.

You can change all the copyright info in an exif editor.
 
To the the © symbol - hold down your Alt key then type the number 0169 on your numeric keypad and then let go the Alt key.
 
weealien said:
To the the © symbol - hold down your Alt key then type the number 0169 on your numeric keypad and then let go the Alt key.
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Didn't know you could do that on a Canon 60D....................learn something every day :)
 
tiler65 said:
(c) will suffice!
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Actually I don't think it will, it's not a valid symbol for copyright purposes - I believe the word "copyright" is valid though.
 
You don't actually need to use the © symbol to make your copyright statement valid. You don't even need to use the WORD copyright in order to assert copyright. You just need to BE the photographer who took the shot (presuming you've not surrendered copyright to the company you're working/contracting to).

By adding your name to the EXIF, and labelling it "copyright" or "(c)", you're just assisting the company/individual to find you when they want to enquire about usage. :)
 
SimonH said:
You don't actually need to use the © symbol to make your copyright statement valid. You don't even need to use the WORD copyright in order to assert copyright. You just need to BE the photographer who took the shot (presuming you've not surrendered copyright to the company you're working/contracting to).

By adding your name to the EXIF, and labelling it "copyright" or "(c)", you're just assisting the company/individual to find you when they want to enquire about usage. :)
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I knew that but I am not allowed to disagree with other posters because if I do, it is deemed arguing!
 
Just use the full word to set it on camera.
 
focal2005 said:
Hi all . Trivial question . How do I create the copyright symbol when adding my copyright info into the camera ( Canon 60D ) . The symbol isn't on the LCD screen . Thanks in advance

Damo
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The reason why I am confused by this because the OP asked about the copyright symbol on his 60D LCD screen (OSD I presume?). So all those saying use alt 0169 is of little use if trying to input details through the camera itself.

It would make sense to use the method above if the camera was connected to a computer and using Canon Utilities to edit.
 
tiler65 said:
The reason why I am confused by this because the OP asked about the copyright symbol on his 60D LCD screen (OSD I presume?). So all those saying use alt 0169 is of little use if trying to input details through the camera itself.

It would make sense to use the method above if the camera was connected to a computer and using Canon Utilities to edit.
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I have to agree. I believe the OP is asking how does he set up the camera to store copyright info as metadata in the exif.
 
Would you need the © symbol or the word copyright for the camera, your name should be enough as it will automatically fill in the Exif in the section that is labeled Copyright.

As stated above (c) is not valid it just means parenthesis C parenthesis ,you need to use actual symbol ©

I'm not quite sure if there should be a year date in there somewhere or not ?
 
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acetone said:
You shouldn't need the © symbol or the word copyright for the camera, your name will be enough as it will automatically fill in the Exif in the section that is labeled Copyright.

Unless you want the exif to read
Copyright Copyright © Fred Bloggs.

As stated above (c) is not valid it just means parenthesis C parenthesis ,you need to use actual symbol ©

I'm not quite sure if there should be a year date in there somewhere or not ?
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Just because I am bored........

Digital representation

Because the © symbol has long been unavailable on typewriters and ASCII-based computer systems, it has been common to approximate this symbol with the characters (C).
The character is mapped in Unicode as U+00A9 © copyright sign (HTML: © © ).[12] Unicode also has U+24B8 Ⓒ circled latin capital letter c (HTML: Ⓒ) and U+24D2 ⓒ circled latin small letter c (HTML: ⓒ).[13] They are sometimes used as a substitute copyright symbol where the actual copyright symbol is not available in the font or in the character set, for example, in some Korean code pages.
On Windows it may be entered by holding the Alt while typing the numbers 0 1 6 9 on the numeric keypad. It can be entered on a Mac by holding the Option key and then pressing the "g" key. On Linux, it can be obtained with the <compose key> C O ComposeKey sequence.

and much more found here.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_symbol

Another thing we have to thank the Americans for!
 
tiler65 said:
Just because I am bored........

Digital representation

Because the © symbol has long been unavailable on typewriters and ASCII-based computer systems, it has been common to approximate this symbol with the characters (C).
The character is mapped in Unicode as U+00A9 © copyright sign (HTML: © © ).[12] Unicode also has U+24B8 &#9400; circled latin capital letter c (HTML: &#9400;) and U+24D2 &#9426; circled latin small letter c (HTML: &#9426;).[13] They are sometimes used as a substitute copyright symbol where the actual copyright symbol is not available in the font or in the character set, for example, in some Korean code pages.
On Windows it may be entered by holding the Alt while typing the numbers 0 1 6 9 on the numeric keypad. It can be entered on a Mac by holding the Option key and then pressing the "g" key. On Linux, it can be obtained with the <compose key> C O ComposeKey sequence.

and much more found here.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_symbol

Another thing we have to thank the Americans for!
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Thanks for the shortcut, I've been wondering how to do it for a while.
 
But it's all academic, as has been said - the field is labelled Copyright and just needs a name entering.
 
tiler65 said:
(c) will suffice!

I have no idea what you are trying to do though.

You can change all the copyright info in an exif editor.
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There are two major reasons for bothering:

Firstly, no matter how good your workflow, every so often the odd photo will slip through without an IPTC update. Having a copyright statement (see below) in the Exif is fairly handy in that case.

Secondly, and far, far more importantly, theft; not of the photo, but of the camera itself. My in-camera copyright statement is set up as my website address and my mobile phone number.
As Tiler suggests above, updating your copyright fields in Exif and IPTC should be part of your basic workflow, so whatever is in the camera will be overwritten.
If one of my cameras gets lost (God forbid) or nicked, then it's a fair bet that whomever finds/buys it won't know how to change the metadata. As a result there's a good chance that I can track any photos posted online that have been taken with it.
Failing that, if I buy a camera second hand, one of the first things that I check is the copyright field. If the name doesn't match the seller then I'll try to track the named owner and verify that the sale was legit. I'd hope that someone buying one of my cameras would pay me the same courtesy.
 
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tiler65 said:
It would make sense to use the method above if the camera was connected to a computer and using Canon Utilities to edit.
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So has anyone tried this? Can anyone confirm it will work for the OP?
 
admirable said:
So has anyone tried this? Can anyone confirm it will work for the OP?
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There is no alt key on a 60d LCD screen, so how can anyone try it? But if you load canon utilities and connect the camera,yes you can use the computer to use a Unicode shortcut to add the copyright symbol.
 
tiler65 said:
There is no alt key on a 60d LCD screen, so how can anyone try it? But if you load canon utilities and connect the camera,yes you can use the computer to use a Unicode shortcut to add the copyright symbol.
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I don't think you can. The camera would need to have Unicode installed to achieve that and it doesn't. At least none of mine do.
 
I am aware there is no ALT key on the 60D, the reason I'm asking is your keyboard/Canon utilities method does not work on a 1D hence my posts above and me asking if anyone has tried it on a 60D..........or any other Canon body for that matter?
 
DemiLion said:
I don't think you can. The camera would need to have Unicode installed to achieve that and it doesn't. At least none of mine do.
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well if it doesn't, just use (c) which, as I pointed out earlier ......... is commonly acceptable!!!
 
Or don't use anything, as the field is titled 'copyright' :bang:
 
You can do it in the EOS utility if you want.
 
4wd said:
You can do it in the EOS utility if you want.
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Do you get the © symbol in EOS utility? With what body?
 
Hold down Alt key and press numbers 0169 and release Alt key.Result nothing? :lol:
 
Well apologies to the OP, seems all the advice you been given on here is abolute trollocks :(
 
Feel free to to reveal the post that answered the OP's question
 
admirable said:
Feel free to to reveal the post that answered the OP's question
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That however doesn't mean that the subsequent advice was garbage.
 
admirable said:
Feel free to to reveal the post that answered the OP's question
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So your first reply added more info than needed too.

The first reply to the OP should have been

You can't


The thread closed and locked, I must admit there are many a topic were such simple and precise answers would be sufficient IMHO. :)
 
acetone said:
So your first reply added more info than needed too.

The first reply to the OP should have been

You can't

The thread closed and locked, I must admit there are many a topic were such simple and precise answers would be sufficient IMHO. :)
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More than you can't. You don't need to. The field is titled 'copyright' it only needs a name in it and it reads ' copyright Jo Bloggs'
If you add the symbol it'll read ' copyright copyright Jo Bloggs' :thinking:
 
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